“I think it’s important to come to expect what you don’t expect. Don’t get into a formula — you’ve got to be very instinctive. And it wasn’t an age thing — [using sixtysomething actress Jessica Lange in cosmetics ads] — it was me trusting my instincts about beauty in all forms. That is how we operate. And I’d hate for it to be contrived.” — Marc Jacobs

“When I entered the cosmetic industry, it was a business run by men for women. That didn’t work. Estee Lauder was founded by a woman, and we made an effort to hire women, women, women. And that, I believe, is the root of our success.” — Leonard Lauder

“I was really worried because photographing another photographer, especially one that you admired, is really scary. I was thinking, ‘What’s he going to think? He’s probably going to think I am a hack.’ He was just very sweet and curious about my work. He just said, ‘Where do you want me?'” — Jeannette Montgomery Barron, on photographing Robert Mapplethorpe.